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BOMBSIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bombsight mean?
• BOMBSIGHT (noun)
The noun BOMBSIGHT has 1 sense:
1. a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
Familiarity information: BOMBSIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bombsight" is a kind of...):
sights (an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument)
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